From 5a7547d3fc2d257e7d6fde34ca785d52488a6449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 03:44:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add description for SET TRANSACTION.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml | 7 ++++++-
src/man/set.l | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
index ec4b1baa897..2b203e7698b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
@@ -545,6 +545,11 @@ SET TIME ZONE { '<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">timezone</REPLACEABLE>' | LOCAL
<para>
Sets the isolation level for the current transaction to
'SERIALIZABLE' or 'READ COMMITTED'.
+ SERIALIZABLE means that the current transaction will place a
+ lock on every row read, so later reads in that transaction
+ see the rows unmodified by other transactions.
+ READ COMMITTED means that the current transaction reads only
+ committed rows. READ COMMITTED is the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ SET TIME ZONE { '<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">timezone</REPLACEABLE>' | LOCAL
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the isolation level for the current transaction to
- 'SERIALIZABLE' or 'READ COMMITTED'.
+ 'READ COMMITTED'.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/man/set.l b/src/man/set.l
index 9a4cf7f9fb9..15c64baca7d 100644
--- a/src/man/set.l
+++ b/src/man/set.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/set.l,v 1.20 1999/06/03 20:44:28 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/set.l,v 1.21 1999/06/04 03:44:42 momjian Exp $
.TH SET SQL 05/14/97 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
set - set run-time parameters for session
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ sets the current transaction's isolation level to
.IR SERIALIZABLE
or
.IR READ COMMITTED .
+.IR SERIALIZABLE
+means that the current transaction will place a lock on every row read,
+so later reads in that transaction see the rows unmodified by
+other transactions.
+.IR READ COMMITTED
+means that the current transaction reads only committed rows.
+.IR READ COMMITTED
+is the default.
.PP
.IR CLIENT_ENCODING|NAMES
sets the character set encoding of the client. Only available if multi-byte
--
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